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psit·ta·cism [ˈsɪtəsɪzəm, Am ˈsɪt̬ə-] N no pl

1. psittacism PSYCH:

psittacism

Psittazismus m spec (krankhaftes Wiederholen unverstandener Wörter oder Sätze)

2. psittacism pej form (unreflecting repetition of words, ideas):

psittacism

Nachplappern nt pej inf

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Parrots, in turn, may be used as symbols of psittacism. en.wikipedia.org

The book includes an index of ornamentations and flowers of rhetoric used in the text, from abstract (pg 20) to psittacism (assuredly), and including anadiplosis, epistrophe, and metalepsis. en.wikipedia.org

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